The entire Indiana Fever team linked arms and knelt during the national anthem before a WNBA playoff game Wednesday night, marking the first time a professional team did so together.

As demonstrators filled streets in Charlotte, N.C. to protest the police shooting of a black man, the Fever players showed offered their own version of protest of police shootings, adding to the series of athletes who have recently knelt during the national anthem. Two members of the opposing Phoenix Mercury team also knelt while the music played, the New York Times reports.